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12 images Created 11 Jul 2017

WORLD FOOD: Soil & Farmers

Farmers are partners with their soils. These portraits of farmers around the world show them with the soils they depend upon, photographed by National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson.
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  • Palouse farmer John Aeschliman in his wheat field near Colfax, Washington.  The soil is the deep loess soil of the Palouse which is incredibly rich and productive, especially for wheat growing.  Aeschliman is a proponent of no-till farming that minimizes tillage.  <br />
Contact:  John Aeschliman, 201 Aeischliman Road, Colfax, WA  99111.  Phone: 509 397-3118.  Email: jeaesc@colfax.com
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  • Soil scientist and farmer Dave Huggins stands above one of the soils on the Washginton State University research farm outside Pullman, Washington
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  • Archeologists from the Central Amazon Project work in the forest of Brazil to discover the workings of terra preta (black earth) and how it was created by the indians living in the area. Farmer Pedro Macedo looks into the the Terra Preta soil on his farm where archeologists are researching the formation of the soil.  In the background are the papaya trees he grows. At the Laguinho Site.
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  • The Reed family of Washington, Iowa has farmed their land for over three generations.  Contact Paul Reed, 1806 250th Street, Washington, Dc  52353<br />
Phone:  319 653-5520, Cell 319 863-3324<br />
Email: npkkreed@hotmail.com<br />
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Family members include Cletus Reed (grandfather), Pual (Aussie hat), Nick, Kevin (father of Sam and Ava), and Ken (youngest son with beard.)
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  • Soils in Syria. Villages in the Khanasser Valley where the soil is poor and there is little water.
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  • Soil profile of Mediterranian soil at ICARDA on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria.<br />
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Contact:  John Ryan of ICARDA<br />
ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br />
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br />
Home:  +9639 21 2662481<br />
j.ryan@cgiar.org
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  • Farmers in the Baoshanzhai area of  Yuanyang County, harvest the rice from their terraces, threshing the grain as they go along.  Yunan Province, China.Zhu Minying farms with her family in Yuanyang County, growing rice on the terraced fields in the Baoshanzhai area.
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  • The worst erosion on Earth is seen in the deeply gullied hills of the Loess plateau in Shaanxi province of chinaHeavy soil erosion of the Loess Plateau in the Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China. Zhang Yulan farms with her husband in the village of Yin Jai Yan in the county of Liu Quian He county, Yuan Yang distirict, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province.
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  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.Issia Saidou is a sorghum and millet farmer, who was a soldier during the 80's drought.
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  • In the villages around Keita, Niger villagers and the FAO have combined efforts to restore 36,000 sq. kilometers of land that was ravaged by the droughts of the 70's and 80's.  Most of the work has been done by some 10,000 women of the area, returning much of the land to productivity.In all they have planted 18,000,000 trees.<br />
Mariama Abdouleye and her children (left) Idrissa Abdourahmane and (right) Abdoulaye Aboubakar.<br />
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Her sister is Rabi Aboubakar.
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  • On the farm of Rhoda Mang'anya in the Dedze District of Malawi. Rhoda has improved her soil, and with it the ability to feed her family, by using a variety of perrenial trees that provide nitrogen to the soil. <br />
For further information contact: <br />
Chris Katema<br />
ckatema@cgiarmw.org<br />
chrisskatema@gmail.com<br />
0999 220075
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  • Soil scientist and farmer Dave Huggins stands above one of the soils on the Washginton State University research farm outside Pullman, Washington
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